Cooperative banks of Germany

central institution for around 700 cooperative banks in Germany

German ethical bank

Pax-Bank eG is a German bank that focuses on Christian finance headquartered in Cologne. The bank states that it is a (Bank for the Church and Charities), a cooperative Catholic universal bank. Its members consist of institutions of the Catholic Church and private individuals from the clerical field. The bank was founded as a self-help organization by and for priests in 1917 in Cologne.